Chapter 6

A MISTAKE.

Winter school again--the skating proposition--the proposed grammar class--Nat does not accede--discussion on the way to the pond--Nat the best skater--the palm yielded to him--home to supper--teacher's remarks next day about grammar--advice to Nat and Charlie--his reference to Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry--Nat and Charlie join the class--conversation among the boys, and with Nat in particular--Sam put into the objective case, and his mischief-making propensity--tying a tin-pail to a dog's tail--the delight of Sam--the sorrow of Nat, and verdict of the boys--Sam an _im_proper noun--the end of school 57-68